Graham Sills Email Address

Senior Quality Assurance Engineer

Establishments primarily engaged in the maintenance and repair of computers and computer peripheral equipment.

Talented Senior Test Engineer with 16+ years of experience in testing highly complex, integrated technical systems. MY KEY STRENGTHS: ➤ Analytical: detailed, thorough, information gathering & interpretation, critical thinking ➤ Methodical: logical, lateral thinking, strategic, creative, planning long term, process oriented ➤ Sensible: mature, good judgment & decision making, pragmatic, organizational awareness ➤ Leadership: take ownership of large/complex projects, manage & coordinate both tasks & people, reliable MY CORE TEST PRINCIPLES & VALUES: ✔ Prevent defects from being introduced from early intervention ✔ Risk analysis & mitigation throughout the project ✔ Teamwork: maintain good relationships to collaborate, working to strengths in a supportive environment ✔ Communication: early & constant feedback with accurate information ✔ Protect & preserve the principles of quality for product, project, and process ✔ Find important defects first ✔ Gray box testing: knowledge of the internals of the system can only benefit testing ✔ Be flexible & adaptable when responding to change, anticipate it ✔ End-users are people with emotions, and sensory synergy ✔ Recognize the value of exploratory testing ✔ Commitment to continuous learning MY APPROACH TO TESTING: ● Understand the business drivers and test goals ● Information gathering from a wide variety of sources ● Breakdown, organize & structure of data ● Remove all ambiguity ● Interpretation with critical thinking ● Risk analysis collaborating with the project team ● Establish the scope of testing ● Define the Test Plan, approach & strategy with a methodical mindset, including contingency ● Identify test conditions, maximize test coverage with creative thinking ● Test execution with prioritization: testing wide before testing deep ● Early & constant feedback through each iteration ● Exploratory testing ● Report accurate status of quality; providing detailed information